Russell Adams is the Assistant Project Administrator for CONSOR Engineers, LLC. Adams has nearly 40 years of experience in the landscape field, focusing on inspection compliance, design, installation, maintenance planning and implementation, arboriculture and project management. Adams has been growing palms in north Florida as a nurseryman since his arrival in 1983 and owned Gainesville Tree Farm. Adams is part of the Division of Plant Industries Palm sub-committee and helped develop the latest Grades and Standards for Palms and will be working on further revisions. Over the last 13 years, as a consultant to the Florida Department of Transportation, Adams has overseen the construction, establishment and maintenance of hundreds of landscape projects throughout the state of Florida. Most of these projects included the planting and establishment of mature palms.

In addition to his professional work, he was active in Horticultural and Arborist organizations in Alachua County, the state of Florida, and internationally including: Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association (FNGLA), International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), and the Alachua County Horticultural Advisory Committee (ACHAC) where he served as the founding president in 1991 and served again as president in 2001.

Florida Grades and Standards for Palms: A collaboration between FNGLA and FL Dept. of Ag along with other stakeholders; Mr. Adams was on the Palm Committee for the 2022 revisions to the Florida Grades and Standards for Palms. After the document was published he, along with other committee members, traveled throughout the state from Tallahassee to Miami giving presentations to explain the changes to the document and the implications of those changes.

Russell Adams has a Bachelor degree in Ornamental Horticulture, University of Florida.